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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #805 on: July 24, 2018, 11:44:49 PM »
Now, we just need to find out who's going to mix it.

Please, Godtrucci, never asked for anyone other than Jens Bogren. Let thy will be done. It will be what it needs to be. Amen

Amen.

Or just ask Nolly :corn

Another excellent option to give'em that nice modern wonderfully balanced sound, I wouldn't mind either.
I agree. I would think they would have gotten him to help with the drum sound though. He's a magician when it comes to recording drums.

Yeah, Haken already knows it, hope that DT could go the same way, wishful thinking..
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« Reply #806 on: July 25, 2018, 12:28:35 AM »
It’s sometimes nice to be completely ignorant when it comes to production, mixing, etc... I don’t hear anything wrong with the drums on any of the last 3 albums.

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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #807 on: July 25, 2018, 12:52:21 AM »
I don't really understand how the music business works, but it seems like the whole album will be recorded and mixed by like September. Do we really need to wait until 2019 to get our hands on the thing? :lol
Recording seems to be on track to finish mid-late August, if we assume all the other four take a week or so each.

Call it another month for mixing (number picked basically from a hat!) and the album will exist in a finished format mid-September. There probably is an ambitious-but-doable timeline that would have the album out in 2018: Let’s say they’ve finalised the cover art by the time the mix is delivered, they could do a two month promo period and release in mid-November, or a more standard three month with a mid-December release.

I think the issue is that Christmas and the lead-up to Christmas is a bit of a pain for messaging.  Every big mainstream franchise is competing for your attention with their mid-November, early-December release dates so you’ll buy their stuff for Christmas - and that’s not just the music industry. If you want to stand out, you need to bring your big boy pants - and in switching from RoadRunner to InsideOut, Dream Theater have just taken their big boy pants off and slipped into something more comfortable.

I’m not slagging off InsideOut by the way, they’re a perfectly cromulent record label and I’d be surprised if they didn’t do a good job of promoting the biggest band on their label! But I doubt they’ll want to go all-in on promoting it while everyone with a franchise is doing the same thing. I imagine we’ll get a reveal and a single this year, but January is a much safer time to be ramping up promo, with maybe an early February release?
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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #808 on: July 25, 2018, 03:11:59 AM »
I think the new album will be released on January 25th and between the end of November and the beginning of December the first single

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« Reply #809 on: July 25, 2018, 03:23:04 AM »
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« Reply #810 on: July 25, 2018, 06:34:00 AM »
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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #811 on: July 25, 2018, 08:39:27 AM »
Now, we just need to find out who's going to mix it.

Please, Godtrucci, never asked for anyone other than Jens Bogren. Let thy will be done. It will be what it needs to be. Amen

Amen.

Or just ask Nolly :corn

Another excellent option to give'em that nice modern wonderfully balanced sound, I wouldn't mind either.
I agree. I would think they would have gotten him to help with the drum sound though. He's a magician when it comes to recording drums.

Yeah, Haken already knows it, hope that DT could go the same way, wishful thinking..

Agreed, I'm still holding out hope that they have Nolly mix it though.

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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #812 on: July 25, 2018, 08:46:02 AM »
Now, we just need to find out who's going to mix it.

Please, Godtrucci, never asked for anyone other than Jens Bogren. Let thy will be done. It will be what it needs to be. Amen

Amen.

Or just ask Nolly :corn

Another excellent option to give'em that nice modern wonderfully balanced sound, I wouldn't mind either.
I agree. I would think they would have gotten him to help with the drum sound though. He's a magician when it comes to recording drums.

Nolly does get good drum sounds.
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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #813 on: July 25, 2018, 08:55:27 AM »
Nolly does get good drum sounds.

I see what you did there.

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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #815 on: July 25, 2018, 10:33:21 AM »
The word for today is

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I find that sentiment most cromulent.

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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #816 on: July 25, 2018, 11:06:41 AM »
I’m not slagging off InsideOut by the way, they’re a perfectly cromulent record label

Weren't the Cromulents a villain in Star Trek?


Was there any progress with the third password??

If only there were a dedicated thread for that.  Maybe it could be called "Treasure Hunt."   ;D
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« Reply #817 on: July 25, 2018, 11:13:37 AM »
I like how after all these years of people arguing about the snare sound, they went "Listen here, you little shits..." and released a video of them literally working on the snare sound.

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« Reply #818 on: July 25, 2018, 11:15:52 AM »
I like how after all these years of people arguing about the snare sound, they went "Listen here, you little shits..." and released a video of them literally working on the snare sound.

Yeah, and I love it. However, it could still be ruined during the mixing stage, according to some people here. I will remain positive, nonetheless.

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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #819 on: July 25, 2018, 11:31:35 AM »
Now, we just need to find out who's going to mix it.

Please, Godtrucci, never asked for anyone other than Jens Bogren. Let thy will be done. It will be what it needs to be. Amen

Amen.

Or just ask Nolly :corn

Another excellent option to give'em that nice modern wonderfully balanced sound, I wouldn't mind either.
I agree. I would think they would have gotten him to help with the drum sound though. He's a magician when it comes to recording drums.

Yeah, Haken already knows it, hope that DT could go the same way, wishful thinking..

Agreed, I'm still holding out hope that they have Nolly mix it though.

Good options for me would be Jens Bogren, Nolly and Kevin Shirley.
It sounds like, "ruk, ruk, ruk, ruk, ruk." Instead of the more pleasing kick drum sound of, "gzarruk, gzarruk, gzarruk, gzarruk."

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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #820 on: July 25, 2018, 11:32:52 AM »
I like how after all these years of people arguing about the snare sound, they went "Listen here, you little shits..." and released a video of them literally working on the snare sound.

If only the snare sounded good, it would have been a great middle finger.
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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #821 on: July 25, 2018, 12:27:52 PM »
I’m not slagging off InsideOut by the way, they’re a perfectly cromulent record label

Weren't the Cromulents a villain in Star Trek?


Was there any progress with the third password??

If only there were a dedicated thread for that.  Maybe it could be called "Treasure Hunt."   ;D

So "cromulent" is the third password? :omg:

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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #822 on: July 25, 2018, 01:40:13 PM »
It’s sometimes nice to be completely ignorant when it comes to production, mixing, etc... I don’t hear anything wrong with the drums on any of the last 3 albums.
This!  I never noticed anything wrong that jumped out at me with the recordings. I just enjoyed the music and didn't try to pick it apart.
 Maybe I should re-listen to everything and find a new hobby by critiquing the sound production on each drum. It might be alot of fun!  :tup :tdwn 😎
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« Reply #823 on: July 25, 2018, 01:41:29 PM »
Good options for me would be Jens Bogren, Nolly and Kevin Shirley.

I'd be thrilled with any of these. Maybe Steven Wilson, too.

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« Reply #824 on: July 25, 2018, 02:02:12 PM »
Good options for me would be Jens Bogren, Nolly and Kevin Shirley.

I'd be thrilled with any of these. Maybe Steven Wilson, too.
SW's approach to calm/atmospheric prog is fine. Metal? Hmmm. Dunno

His works as engineer/mixer/producer with Anathema went great, AFAIK... Well, there's the productions along Mikael Åkerfeldt, which could show his skills with heavier stuff.

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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #825 on: July 25, 2018, 02:14:55 PM »
I like how after all these years of people arguing about the snare sound, they went "Listen here, you little shits..." and released a video of them literally working on the snare sound.

If only the snare sounded good, it would have been a great middle finger.

 :lol It was a pretty typical sounding snare - it didn't sound great, it didn't sound bad. It was also what looked like phone recording from another room.

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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #826 on: July 25, 2018, 02:53:18 PM »
I’m not slagging off InsideOut by the way, they’re a perfectly cromulent record label

Weren't the Cromulents a villain in Star Trek?

I had a cromulent for breakfast.

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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #827 on: July 25, 2018, 03:04:13 PM »
The word for today is

cromulent

It's a perfectly cromulent word. It embiggens the discourse.

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« Reply #828 on: July 25, 2018, 04:40:44 PM »
I’m not slagging off InsideOut by the way, they’re a perfectly cromulent record label

Weren't the Cromulents a villain in Star Trek?

I had a cromulent for breakfast.

If I recall correctly, MP's octabarns were extremely cromulent.
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« Reply #829 on: July 25, 2018, 11:16:25 PM »
The word for today is

cromulent

It's a perfectly cromulent word. It embiggens the discourse.

A cromulent snare embiggens the overall drum sound.
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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #830 on: July 26, 2018, 01:22:03 AM »
I love the instant comedic understanding between these two. How does on even come up with a line like: 'it sounds like there's a plummer in the room' and then John instantly replying: "and his name is Phil McCracken". I mean, come on. That's gold.
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« Reply #831 on: July 26, 2018, 09:40:28 AM »
I love the instant comedic understanding between these two. How does on even come up with a line like: 'it sounds like there's a plummer in the room' and then John instantly replying: "and his name is Phil McCracken". I mean, come on. That's gold.

"That's Gold Jerry... GOLD!"  I'd like to see JMX crank out his version of the Seinfeld theme; maybe make it an easter egg on the album.

Enjoying the updates just like everyone else; and it's nice to see them having fun in each other's company.
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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #832 on: July 26, 2018, 11:47:20 AM »
I love the instant comedic understanding between these two. How does on even come up with a line like: 'it sounds like there's a plummer in the room' and then John instantly replying: "and his name is Phil McCracken". I mean, come on. That's gold.

"That's Gold Jerry... GOLD!"  I'd like to see JMX crank out his version of the Seinfeld theme; maybe make it an easter egg on the album.

Fun fact, the Seinfeld opening theme was recorded for each individual episode to perfectly sink up with the first line.

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« Reply #833 on: July 26, 2018, 12:25:04 PM »
I love the instant comedic understanding between these two. How does on even come up with a line like: 'it sounds like there's a plummer in the room' and then John instantly replying: "and his name is Phil McCracken". I mean, come on. That's gold.

"That's Gold Jerry... GOLD!"  I'd like to see JMX crank out his version of the Seinfeld theme; maybe make it an easter egg on the album.

Fun fact, the Seinfeld opening theme was recorded for each individual episode to perfectly sink up with the first line.


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Re: Dream Theater going into the studio in 2 weeks
« Reply #834 on: July 26, 2018, 02:01:13 PM »
Aren't we at war with the Cromulents and their big shoulder pads and pointy eyebrows?

My favourite "in sync" moment is from the LaB tour video where MP is talking about the guys not hearing the cowbell and they do the "he's got a feva!" thing from SnL.  Now that's gold, Jerry, GOLD!

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« Reply #835 on: July 26, 2018, 02:39:43 PM »
My favourite "in sync" moment is from the LaB tour video where MP is talking about the guys not hearing the cowbell and they do the "he's got a feva!" thing from SnL.  Now that's gold, Jerry, GOLD!

Funny I distinctly remember that (was it from the L@B video?) and did not know the reference, and thus thought it was the most random comment.
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« Reply #836 on: July 26, 2018, 03:23:24 PM »
My favourite "in sync" moment is from the LaB tour video where MP is talking about the guys not hearing the cowbell and they do the "he's got a feva!" thing from SnL.  Now that's gold, Jerry, GOLD!

Funny I distinctly remember that (was it from the L@B video?) and did not know the reference, and thus thought it was the most random comment.

It's from the "Riding the Train of Thought" documentary on the Budokan video.  I just watched it within the last couple weeks.
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« Reply #837 on: July 26, 2018, 03:45:25 PM »
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It sounds like, "ruk, ruk, ruk, ruk, ruk." Instead of the more pleasing kick drum sound of, "gzarruk, gzarruk, gzarruk, gzarruk."

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« Reply #839 on: July 26, 2018, 09:16:51 PM »
Funny. It’s the same one he’s been using since the Systematic Chaos tour.
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